Consumer Complaint Detail

CADILLAC / DEVILLE / 1995

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000037398 Incident Date: Apr, 26 2000
Consumer's City: SHARPSVILLE Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: DEVILLE Model Year: 1995
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:storage:tank assembly
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G6KD52B4SU Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 09 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 30 1995
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Wife starts driving home and engine stops running, pulls off of road ,car won't start,she calls her husband and thinks the car is out of gas. he puts 2 gls in and car won't start, adds another 2gls,car won't start, calls tow truck, truck lifts front of car and there is a large spot of gas on the ground, thinking there is a hole in the tank ,car is towed to garage, new tank is ordered, 4days later we find the problem is the wiring harness burned and melted, outside of fuel pump burned and melted,top part of fuel tank burned and melted, this is a very serious hazard and warrants an investigation,contacted general motors and they ignore the problem. thank you james b. harakal. *ak